U.S. and Modern World History

Abbreviated U.S. and Modern World History
*“History does not repeat itself* *except in the minds of those* *who do not know history.”* *Kahlil Gibran* *from Gibran, Kahlil. Spiritual Sayings of Kahlil Gibran.* *Trans. Ferris, Anthony Rizcallah.* *New York: Bantam Books, 1970.* *p. 25.*
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Abbreviated U.S. and Modern World History
DAY	YEAR	EVENT
July 4	1776	Declaration of Independence
September 17	1787	U.S. Constitution signed by delegates
March 4	1789	U.S. Constitution formally goes into effect
December 15	1791	Bill of Rights added to U.S. Constitution
June 18	1812	War of 1812 begins between U.S. and Great Britain
August 24	1814	in War of 1812, British burn to ground White House
December 24	1814	War of 1812 ends
July 4	1826	Jefferson & Adams die: 50^th anniv. of Dec. of Independence
July 19	1848	first Women’s Rights’ Convention
March	1857	Dred Scott case: slaves not citizens, so could not sue
February 8	1861	Confederate States of America formed in Montgomery, Ala.
April 12	1861	Civil War begins: Confederates fire at Fort Sumter, S.C.
September 22	1862	Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln
January 1	1863	per Emancipation Proclamation, slaves freed this date
July 13	1863	Lincoln memorializes the Gettysburg battle and battlefield
April 9	1865	Civil War ends
April 14	1865	President Abraham Lincoln shot
April 15	1865	President Abraham Lincoln dies
December 18	1865	Thirteenth Amendment: slavery constitutionally abolished
July 28	1868	Fourteenth Amendment: slaves granted U.S. citizenship
December 10	1869	Wyoming Territory first to grant women right to vote
March 30	1870	Fifteenth Amendment: no citizen denied vote due to race
November 28	1872	Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting
July 23	1890	Wyoming admitted to the Union: 1^st state where women vote
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